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The Woman Who Fixed Einstein’s Mistake

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What India’s forgotten genius taught us about math

[…] This video is about Aryabhata and his work the Aryabhatiya. Selected sources: The manuscript with English commentary: https://ia801405.us.archive.org/13/it… Sanskrit Meter example: • SanskritMetres 02 Arya https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c… https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabha… […]

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Could These Numbers Unravel New Dimensions in Space?

These multidimensional number systems are helping us explain the laws of nature. Here’s how. Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs? – • Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be S… Read More: The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie … Continue reading

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Were Numbers Created from Angles? A Geometric Perspective

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Why some words are funnier than others

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The accidental discovery of the butterfly effect #science #chaos

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Polyrhythms 4:3 4:5 4:6 4:7 3:5 3:6 3:7 5:6 5:7

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Something Strange Happens When You Keep Squaring

There’s a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% … Continue reading

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I’m honestly in awe of this seamless spiral creator.

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Pi being irrational

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